

Cbe XHnion ^League Club 

of tbe 

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& & & 


Report 


of the 

COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL REFORM 


in 

Support of Platform of the Republican Party, 
Adopted at Chicago in June, 1912, 

and 


Resolutions Ratifying the Nominations 
of 


WILLIAM H. TAFT and JAMES S. SHERMAN. 






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REPORT 

OF THE 

COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL REFORM. 


The Committee on Political Reform reports the following 
resolution and recommends its adoption by the Club: 

The Union League Club of the City of New York being 
mindful of the great achievements of the Republican Party 
from its inception in 1854 to the present time, through the 
perils of the Civil War under the leadership of Abraham 
Lincoln, the reconstruction period under the guidance of 
Ulysses S. Grant, the Spanish War and expansion period 
under the policy of William McKinley, the upholding of the 
law and the support of the Constitution by William H. Taft, 
and recognizing the party’s agency in the upbuilding and 
strengthening of the nation in such policies as the enactment 
of the homestead law, the development of the vast material 
resources of the country, the passing of the bill providing for 
the construction of the first transcontinental railroad, the 
donation of public lands for the establishment of agricultural 
colleges, the emancipation of four millions of slaves and the 
enactment of the freedmen’s bill and the passage of the four¬ 
teenth and fifteenth amendments to the Constitution, the 
passage of the national banking act, the purchase of Alaska, 
the creation of a civil service, the resumption of specie pay¬ 
ments, the passing of bills for the protection of American Jabor 
and protective tariff bills for the protection of American 
industries, the execution of reciprocity trade treaties, the 
declaration to Spain that the United States would not con- 


By tr^sf^r 
The White House 
March 3rd, 1913 



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tinue to disregard the conditions in Cuba, where a war of 
barbarity had been in progress for years, followed by the 
declaration of war by Spain upon President McKinley’s re¬ 
quest to Congress to intervene in Cuba after the destruction 
of the “ Maine,” the taking possession of Cuba, Porto Rico 
and the Philippines and the annexation of the Hawaiian 
Islands, the withdrawal of our armed forces from Cuba upon 
the establishment of a stable government there, the reorgan¬ 
ization of the army and the increase of the navy, the important 
part of the United States in international arbitration and in 
The Hague conferences, the Panama Canal and the plan for 
its fortification, the completion of the Pacific cable, the con¬ 
servation of national resources, the emergency currency relief, 
the increase of postal efficiency and the lowering of rates and 
creation of postal savings banks, the enactment of pure 
food laws, the improvements in naturalization laws, the notifi¬ 
cation to Russia of the abrogation of the treaty of 1832 under 
which Russia excluded Jewish-American citizens, and its many 
other notable achievements tending to peace and prosperity, 
all for the benefit of the people and the advancement of the 
country to a leading place in the family of nations ; 

And, therefore, believing it to be for the welfare of the 
country that the supremacy of this great party should be 
maintained ; 

Resolved , that the Union League Club of the City of New 
York heartily ratifies the renomination of William H. Taft 
and James S. Sherman for President and Vice-President, re¬ 
spectively, and firmly pledges to them and to the principles 
enunciated in the platform of the Republican party adopted at 
Chicago in June, 1912, its loyal and earnest support. 

Respectfully submitted, 

Robert C. Morris, 

Chairman. 


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